History Characters / AssassinsCreedOdysseyLegendaryCreatures

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Its name is spelled with an O, in line with the traditional Greek pronunciation.

* DropTheHammer: Aside from Arges wielding a giant club in combat, defeating him is rewarded with the legendary Hammer of Hephaistos.

* HellIsThatSound: Lets out some seriously creepy moaning and wailing that can be heard from outside her temple. [[spoiler:Alarmingly, Bryce recognizes it instantly as being Ligeia.]]

* BonusBoss: They are not tied with the main plot and are confronted only in side activities, although defeating all four is required to progress in the Atlantis storyline, which in turn is a prerequisite for accessing the ''Fate of Atlantis'' DLC.

* AnAxeToGrind: Wields a giant golden axe.

* BalefulPolymorph: [[spoiler:They are humans corrupted by a Piece of Eden.]]

* BrutishBulls: The Kretan Bull has a broader build, fantastic horns, and a shorter temper than the other bovines.

* BonusBoss: They are not tied with the main plot and are confronted only in side activities, although defeating all four is required to progress in the Atlantis story line, which in turn is a prerequisite for accessing the ''Fate of Atlantis'' DLC.

* GoneHorriblyRight: [[spoiler:As mention above, the Olympos creatures were conceived as terror weapons against humanity, and their creators sure nailed the "powerful and terrifying" part. The inevitable war still happened, so the Olympos creatures failed in this task at least, but their legacy would be enshrined so deeply in human history that it endures to this day.]]

* BrutishBulls: The Kretan Bull has a broader build, longer horns, and a shorter temper than the other bovines.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Unlike with the four mythological beings mentioned below, the extraordinary nature of these beasts isn't explained.

* HeinousHyena: The Krokottas Hyena is a large and rapacious hyena.
* HiddenPurposeTest: Defeating these creatures actually turns out to be a test to earn the right to [[spoiler:fight for the leadership for the Daughters of Artemis]].

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It isn't clear whether these creatures are supernatural occurrences or just larger than usual animals mistaken to be their mythical counterparts.

* SavageWolves: The Lykaon Wolf is a massive and ravenous wolf.

* BullFightBoss: The Kalydonian Boar, the Erymanthian Boar and, obviously, the Kretan Bull all attack by charging at you.

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It isn't clear wether these creatures are supernatural occurrences or just larger than usual animals mistaken to be their mythical counterparts.

* AnimalisticAbomination: Messara has turn the idea of the Minotaur into something akin to a TouristTrap, with Minotaur-themed merchandise being sold and there’s even a quest where you take the trials of the “minotaur” (in truth, a man in a Bull costume) that make it seem like a genuine myth. The creature itself, on the other hand, is more akin to a living BrownNote that has left deep mental scars on everyone who has actually seen it. The member of the Cult of Kosmos (himself a highly unpleasant warlord with a habit of killing anyone that opposed him) who was on the original expedition into the Labyrinth was DrivenToMadness at the sight of the beast and grew increasingly paranoid at the idea it could one day escape.

* OurSphinxesAreDifferent: A giant, woman-headed and winged lion. Like the other monsters, she [[spoiler:was a normal human who was corrupted by one of the Pieces of Eden, a remnant of an ancient project meant to create terror weapons to be used by the Isu to cow their human subjects]].

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Unlike the legendary creatures that tie into the Atlantis questline, these beasts exist to be fought without any background whatsoever. They do have sidequests attached that eventually lead to them, but it doesn't change all that much about their lack of characterisation, especially since they can always be fought by simply stumbling across them while exploring. It gets somewhat confusing when one takes Steropes' glowing eye into account, [[spoiler:which implies he's another Isu experiment gone sideways, but unlike with Brontes, the Eagle Bearer doesn't remove a corrupted Piece of Eden from Steropes' corpse after he's slain. He simply drops dead and stays that way.]] Arges lacks this feature, but there's still no explanation given how he came to be and what he's doing camped out inside a volcano.

* ALoadOfBull: The mythological Minotaur, fought as a secret boss. Appropriately, it's fought in a labyrinth ruin fitted with Theseus' string, which he used to not get lost.

* TheMaze: As in the myths, he resides in a labyrinth on Krete. Anyone expecting an epic DungeonCrawl will be disappointed, though - Ariadne's thread is still there to guide you, and it's a tiny "labyrinth" anyway. The game [[JustifiedTrope justifies]] this by emphasizing the lock on the entrance and the sheer terror imposed by the Minotaur. You don't need a suspenseful cat-and-mouse when the guy can just round the corner and pulverize you.

* AnimalisticAbomination: Messara has turn the idea of the Minotaur into something akin to a TouristTrap, with Minotaur-themed merchandise being sold and there’s even a quest where you take the trials of the “minotaur” (in truth, a man in a Bull costume) that make it seem like a genuine myth. The creature itself, on the other hand, is more akin to a living BrownNote that has left deep mental scars on everyone who has actually seen it. The member of the Cult of Kosmos (himself a highly unpleasant warlord with a habit of killing anyone that opposed him) who was on the original expedition into the Labyrinth was DrivenToMadness at the sight of the beast and grew increasingly paranoid at the idea it could one day escape.

* TheMaze: As in the myths, he resides in a labyrinth on Krete. Anyone expecting an epic DungeonCrawl will be disappointed, though - Ariadne's thread is still there to guide you, and it's a tiny "labyrinth" anyway. The game [[JustifiedTrope justifies]] this--no need for a cat-and-mouse when the Minotaur can easily kill any unlucky human it finds.

* RedBaron: The ones that have appeared so far all carry an impressive moniker, although, owing to the fact that nobody in the game world ever talks about them, they go completely unused InUniverse, and players are more likely to use their actual names due to those being shorter.

* BullfightBoss: Well, he's basically a bipedal bull, so this was kind of a given. His entire move set is actually identical to the Kretan Bull's, only with another model tacked on.

* TheMaze: Where he's found, just like in the myth. Anyone expecting an epic DungeonCrawl will be disappointed, though - it's virtually impossible to get lost in there, and the whole maze is ridiculously small. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as the Minotaur kills anyone foolish enough to venture into the maze anyway.

* TheMaze: Where he's found, just like in the myth. Anyone expecting an epic DungeonCrawl will be disappointed, though - it's virtually impossible to get lost in there, and the whole maze is ridiculously small.

An actual {{Cyclops}}, sealed within the isle of Thisvi.

* GodGuise: A man named Empedokles believes it is a god...and gets squished when they meet.

Another {{Cyclops}} that fights and behaves mostly like Brontes the Thunderer, sans the background story. He was added to the game as part of the 1.06 update and can be encountered at Steropes Bay on the isle of Andros.

Yet another {{Cyclops}} whose fast-travel point and related achievement were added with the 1.1.1 update before the monster itself became available to fight as part of the 1.1.2 update. He can be found on the isle of Nisyros far to the southeast of Greece.

* WasOnceAMan: As confirmed in ''Fate of Atlantis'', these monsters were once humans who [[spoiler:picked up the corrupted Pieces of Eden and couldn't withstand the ensuing hostile takeover]].

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: The Sphynx behaves vastly differently from the other three monsters.
** She's the only one that can't be fought at virtually any time because the key to awakening her is tied to a late-game main story quest.
** She's the only one that can be beaten without a fight.
** Her lair is the only one that doesn't have a dedicated Isu ruin fast-travel point attached.
** She actually talks to the Eagle Bearer instead of attacking right away.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Unlike all previous mythological bosses, [[spoiler:who are either revealed or implied to be humans changed by Isu artefacts]], Cerberos is actually [[spoiler:a dog transformed by one, in particular a transformed Ros.]]